niilkʼoł

== Navajo == === Etymology === ni- (thematic) + -yi- (semelfactive, punctual) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier) + -kʼoł (semelfactive imperfective stem of root -KʼOL, “to undulate, to move as a wave”). Compare niilchʼił (“to blink one time”) from -CHʼIL for a similar relationship between "curling" and "blinking". === Verb === niilkʼoł he/she is blinking his/her eyes (one time) ==== Conjugation ==== Paradigm: Semelfactive (yii/si).